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user9637580
user9637580

Reputation:

how do i loop in command prompt and each time change screen color?

I'm trying to loop 100 times in command prompt and each time change the console color (with values lying between 0 and 7 used to set the possible colors).

However when I try to use color %variablename% I always get the same value.

Here is the code:

for /l %i in (0,1,99) do set /a var= %i % 8 & color %var%

The output form the line set /a var= %i % 7 is right, that is 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,0,1,2,3,4,.......

However, when I call %var% on each loop, instead of displaying different results each time it always displays the same one, thus the color changes only once and remains the same for the whole loop.

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 710

Answers (2)

Compo
Compo

Reputation: 38654

In the command prompt:

For /F %B In ('"For /L %A In (0 1 99) Do @Set/A %A%8&Echo="') Do @Color %B&Timeout 1 /NoBreak>Nul

I put a 1 second timeout in there so that you can see the effect, press CTRL+C to exit early.

Upvotes: 2

user7818749
user7818749

Reputation:

batch file, added timeout /t 1 to display effect, assuming this is what you meant.

@echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /l %%i in (0,1,99) do (
  set /a var=%%i  %% 8
  echo !var!
  timeout /t 1 >nul
  call color !var!
)

Upvotes: 0

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